[Hiring] Project Manager @Stafford Gray

Role Description

Stafford Gray is seeking a Project Manager for a remote contract engagement supporting Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF). This role will work on the business side of a data-related implementation, coordinating business stakeholders with the technical team and/or vendor to keep the project organized and moving forward. The focus is practical project management: planning, scheduling, communication, follow-through, and implementation readiness. Data project experience is helpful, but hands-on data engineering or development is not required.

• Develop and maintain the project plan, schedule, milestones, and action items.
• Coordinate business stakeholders, technical resources, and vendors; clarify ownership and follow up on deliverables.
• Facilitate project meetings, document decisions, and communicate status, risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Track scope and changes, escalate blockers, and support timely decisions.
• Coordinate user acceptance testing (UAT), issue tracking, and business sign-off.
• Help organize training, stakeholder communications, and implementation readiness.
• Coordinate cutover activities and the transition to ongoing support.

Qualifications

• Experience managing business or system implementation projects and coordinating cross-functional teams.
• Strong organization, scheduling, documentation, and follow-through skills.
• Clear written and verbal communication, including concise status reporting and meeting facilitation.
• Ability to manage action items, risks, issues, dependencies, and competing priorities.
• Comfort working with business stakeholders and technical teams or external vendors in a remote environment.
• Experience coordinating UAT, training, or go-live activities.

Requirements

• Exposure to data-related implementations, reporting, data migration, or similar business initiatives.
• Experience supporting a nonprofit or professional services organization.